We are fortunate to attend a small church with a tight-knit congregation. Our children’s committee hosts a baby shower for each expectant family in our church and invites the entire congregation. The showers have developed into a light lunch immediately following Sunday morning worship.

While he’s making his list and checking it twice, Santa Claus made time to visit his favorite newspaper staff during his busiest season. Santa visited with Sun reporter Nikki Rowell to discuss all things Christmas while he was out taking a sleigh and reindeer test drive before Christmas Eve.

After love, marriage, baby carriages and such, some couples are renewing their vows—to volunteer. Two sets of married retirees from Ridgeland are spending their spare time helping out at Methodist Rehabilitation Center (MRC).

From clinical trials to scientific research, the Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center is working to discover all it can about Alzheimer’s and related diseases in hopes of improving treatment and finding a cure. Tom Mosley is the MIND Center’s director.